Owen busied himself with rinsing the plates off so that they could be loaded into the washer. He let a silence lapse between them after she informed him briefly about her progress with the court. In his periphery he could see her worrying at her lip and staring off at nothing.
He kept fiddling with the dishes even after she leaned against him. Just for a few moments and then he sighed and dried his hands on a towel.
“It was, yes.”
He said as he moved to occupy the space in front of her. His hands moved up her arms to her shoulders and one slid behind her neck coaxing her into his arms. “We are safe here, love.”
Though he couldn’t be entirely sure whether that was true or not. Somewhere inside he felt the same dark fear he’d noticed when Anita was taken. His instincts had been right then.
“He was just probing for information. Surveilling me. Us probably. He was a low level informant, not even a real card carrying CAF operative. Really more like a private eye.” Owen rested his lips against her forehead for a moment pensively before adding: “It’s not every day a disgraced general comes back from the grave, full of secrets, with a potential motive for revenge. You know? And I showed them I don't appreciate the intrusion.”
He pressed a series of gentle kisses against her hair line before pulling away to search her face for her feelings on the matter.
He kept fiddling with the dishes even after she leaned against him. Just for a few moments and then he sighed and dried his hands on a towel.
“It was, yes.”
He said as he moved to occupy the space in front of her. His hands moved up her arms to her shoulders and one slid behind her neck coaxing her into his arms. “We are safe here, love.”
Though he couldn’t be entirely sure whether that was true or not. Somewhere inside he felt the same dark fear he’d noticed when Anita was taken. His instincts had been right then.
“He was just probing for information. Surveilling me. Us probably. He was a low level informant, not even a real card carrying CAF operative. Really more like a private eye.” Owen rested his lips against her forehead for a moment pensively before adding: “It’s not every day a disgraced general comes back from the grave, full of secrets, with a potential motive for revenge. You know? And I showed them I don't appreciate the intrusion.”
He pressed a series of gentle kisses against her hair line before pulling away to search her face for her feelings on the matter.
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